Chord Tone Analysis: Finding Key Center

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Q: I was wondering if you could do a video on how to create a guitar solo over a certain chord progression, and how to study the notes to find the key center of the progression? I believe a progression like the one in your video for sliding open chords would be best since I have down the concept of Pentatonic and soloing over simple blues pieces. I believe a solo over the sliding chords would sound more unique than my own bland solos over blues.
- Josh Portland, OR.

A: Chords that do not seem to clearly follow a connection to a common harmony will require the musician to analyze the notes being performed and then group those notes into one key center. Now, unfortunately that's not always possible - which means there will be times when the only way to create a melody, or play a solo over a set of chord changes will be to literally play upon each chord as it appears in the progression.

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[itstristanyo]

@JS1200Player Not the first time he's played something that is Eric Johnson inspired. An older video has a similar sound

[Donyandfreinds]

Gah ive been playing for a year, i can play some hard stuff made by other people. But i can never make any thing that sounds cool, thanks for this video im hopen itl help (:

[JS1200Player]

@GuitarsOfArp Thanks man. At 0:34, it just reminds me of Cliffs of Dover.

[GuitarsOfArp]

@JS1200Player Yea altough i think this is more a Satch solo since Eric usually does a lot of fast pentatonics and a bit less diatonic scales.

Feel free to write back with your opinion and background thought. Would be cool woth a nice guitar disscussion were no one is arguing of who´s better Have a nice day

[Radu4x]

Great lesson!

I also have a question: If you have a backing track containing some chords which all add up to the notes of an A minor scale, can you play over it let's say A dorian? or A phrygian? Wondering if it wouldn't be dissonant because the modes have different notes than the backing track.

Or it will just be like you get every chord note at a time, and fill in the gaps using modes and changing the mode or approach over each chord?

[JS1200Player]

@GuitarsOfArp I was thinking some Satch or Eric Johnson!

[GuitarsOfArp]

@GuitarsOfArp Very Satriani-ish

[GuitarsOfArp]

Your best intro solo ever!!!! Awesome

[iliecostin]

great lesson as always. Thank you for your time.

[8000cheese]

@roge69charger In English please :)